Ronaldo, who had played the 1998 World Cup final in a daze and missed the next qualifiers with ruptured knee ligaments, provided a beautiful tale of renaissance by scoring the goals that won the 2002 tournament in Japan

Brazil have become the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, maintaining their record as the tournament’s only ever-present side with a little help from Lionel Messi’s foul mouth and lightly regarded Peru